• International Journal of Reliability and Applications
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• 제11권2호
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• pp.89-106
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• 2010

This paper deals with the reliability and availability characteristics of three different series system configurations with warm standby components and a repairable service station. The failure time of the primary and warm standby are assumed to be exponentially distributed with parameters ${\lambda}$ and ${\alpha}$ respectively. The repair time distribution of each server is also exponentially distributed with parameter ${\mu}$. The breakdown time and the repair time of the service station are also assumed exponentially distributed with parameters ${\gamma}$ and ${\beta}$ respectively. We derive the reliability dependent on time, availability dependent on time, the mean time to failure, $MTTF_i$, and the steady-state availability $A_i$(${\infty}$) for three configurations and perform comparisons. Comparisons are made for specific values of distribution parameters and of the cost of the components. The three configurations are ranked based on: $MTTF_i$, $A_i$(${\infty}$), and $C_i/B_i$ where $B_i$ is either $MTTF_i$ or $A_i$(${\infty}$).

• International Journal of Reliability and Applications
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• 제8권1호
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• pp.83-94
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• 2007

In this paper, we consider a standby redundant structure with a function of switchover processing which may not be not perfect. The switchover processing is governed by a control module whose failure may cause the failure of the whole system. The parameters measuring such an effect of failure of the control module is included in our reliability model. We compute several reliability measures such as reliability function, failure rate, MTBF, mean residual life function, and the steady state availability. We also compare a single unit structure and the redundant structure with regard to those reliability measures. An example is given to illustrate our results.

• 한국신뢰성학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국신뢰성학회 2001년도 정기학술대회
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• pp.301-310
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• 2001

Lim et al.(1998) proposed the Bayesian Imperfect Repair Model, in which a failed system is perfectly repaired with probability P and is minimally repaired with probability 1 - P, where P is not fixed but a random variable with a prior distribution II(p). In this note, the steady state availability of the model is derived and the measure is obtained for several particular prior distribution functions.

• 한국신뢰성학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국신뢰성학회 2002년도 정기학술대회
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• pp.185-194
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• 2002

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• 품질경영학회지
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• 제30권4호
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• pp.94-105
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• 2002

In this paper, replacement problems for a deteriorating system are considered. In the system under consideration, the successive lifetimes after repair become shorter and shorter, while the consecutive repair times become longer and longer. More specifically, the lifetimes of the system form a nonhomogeneous Poisson process, whereas the consecutive repair times constitute a stochastically increasing geometric process. Optimal replacement policies for the long-run average cost rate and the steady state availability are considered. Also taking the cost and the availability into consideration at the same time, the properties of optimal policies under the Cost Priority Policy and the Availability Priority Policy are obtained.

• International Journal of Fluid Machinery and Systems
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• 제4권1호
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• pp.161-171
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• 2011

The availability of a high quality open source CFD simulation platform like OpenFOAM offers new R&D opportunities by providing direct access to models and solver implementation details. Efforts have been made by Hydro-Qu$\'{e}$bec to adapt OpenFOAM to hydroturbines for the development of steady-state capabilities. This paper describes the developments that have been made to implement new turbomachinery related capabilities: multiple frames of reference solver, domain coupling interfaces (GGI, cyclicGGI and mixing plane) and specialized boundary conditions. Practical use of the new turbomachinery capabilities are demonstrated for the analysis of a 195-MW Francis turbine.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제48권3호
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• pp.660-672
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• 2016

In Part I of this paper, the two-temperature homogenized model for the fully ceramic microencapsulated fuel, in which tristructural isotropic particles are randomly dispersed in a fine lattice stochastic structure, was discussed. In this model, the fuel-kernel and silicon carbide matrix temperatures are distinguished. Moreover, the obtained temperature profiles are more realistic than those obtained using other models. Using the temperature-dependent thermal conductivities of uranium nitride and the silicon carbide matrix, temperature-dependent homogenized parameters were obtained. In Part II of the paper, coupled with the COREDAX code, a reactor core loaded by fully ceramic microencapsulated fuel in which tristructural isotropic particles are randomly dispersed in the fine lattice stochastic structure is analyzed via a two-temperature homogenized model at steady and transient states. The results are compared with those from harmonic- and volumetric-average thermal conductivity models; i.e., we compare $k_{eff}$ eigenvalues, power distributions, and temperature profiles in the hottest single channel at a steady state. At transient states, we compare total power, average energy deposition, and maximum temperatures in the hottest single channel obtained by the different thermal analysis models. The different thermal analysis models and the availability of fuel-kernel temperatures in the two-temperature homogenized model for Doppler temperature feedback lead to significant differences.

• 한국정보통신학회논문지
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• 제23권2호
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• pp.201-206
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• 2019

소프트웨어 노화에 따른 시스템의 예기치 않은 장애 발생은 재활 기능을 주기적으로 수행함으로써 줄일 수 있다. 이 시스템 재활 기능은 주로 시스템이 가장 한가한 시간에 수행하는 것이 효과적이다. 이를 통해 시스템 가용도를 높일 수 있다. 재활 기법은 크게 시간 기반과 조건 기반의 두 가지 종류로 나눌 수 있다. 시간 기반 재활은 정해진 시간 간격마다 수행되고, 조건 기반 재활은 시스템 상태가 특정 조건을 만족할 때 수행된다. 조건 기반 방식은 시스템 감시와 정보의 수집 및 통계적 분석을 통해 재활 시점을 추정해야하기 때문에 추가적인 비용이 발생한다. 본 논문은 시간 기반 소프트웨어 재활 기법을 분석할 수 있는 확률 모형을 제시한다. 제시한 모형은 재활을 주기적으로 수행하는 시간 간격을 일정하게 유지할 수 있는 현실적인 상황을 반영한다. 해당 확률 모형을 수학적으로 분석하여, 정상 상태에서의 시스템 가용도와 사용자 인지 가용도 및 이에 따른 비용을 분석한다.

• 한국컴퓨터산업학회논문지
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• 제3권2호
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• pp.227-234
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• 2002

클러스터 웹서버 시스템에서는 다수 서버의 장애로 인해 발생하는 가용도 저하 문제와 소프트웨어의 노화로 인하여 높은 성능과 가용도를 제공하기 쉽지 않다. 본 연구에서는 n대의 주 서버와 k대의 여분서버로 구성되는 클러스터 웹 서버 시스템에 성능과 작업전이 시간을 고려한 소프트웨어 재활 모델을 제시하였고 다양한 시스템 운영 파라미터에 기초하여 소프트웨어의 재활정책에 대한 평가를 위해 평형 상태에서의 확률, 가용도, 손실비용 등을 계산하였다. 수학적 분석을 통해 다양한 시스템 운영 상태에 대한 실험을 통해 검증하였으며, 소프트웨어의 재활 정책에 의한 예방적 결함허용 기법이 시스템의 안정성에 중요한 요소임을 확인하였다.

• 한국신뢰성학회지:신뢰성응용연구
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• 제5권3호
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• pp.373-379
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• 2005

In many cases, it is more practical and economical to repair a system than to replace the whole system or to perform a complete overhaul when the system fails. Two basic replacement policies were proposed by Barlow and Hunter(1960) and Morimura (1970), in which the minimal repair times are identically distributed. But, as Lam(1988) pointed out, in many cases of deteriorating system, in view of ageing and cumulative wear, the repair time will tend to be longer and longer. In this note, the two basic replacement policies are considered for a repairable system with linearly increasing repair times. Optimal policies, which maximize the steady state availability of the system, are obtained for the Weibull failure rate case.